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Electricity generation hits record 1.134 billion units

Kenya Power engineers fix a faulty transformer

Kenya Power employees fixing a transformer. Electricity generation hit a record high in January signalling increased demand for power, especially by industrial customers despite the high prices of the energy that have forced consumers to dig deeper into their pockets.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Electricity generation hit a record high in January signalling increased demand for power, especially by industrial customers despite the high prices of the energy.
  • Data from the Epra shows that power generation hit a record 1.134 billion units last month beating the previous record of 1.121 billion units set last year.
  • The figures include the entire load of electricity generated by the State-owned KenGen and independent power producers (IPPs) and bought by Kenya Power during the month.

Electricity generation hit a record high in January signalling increased demand for power, especially by industrial customers despite the high prices of the energy that have forced consumers to dig deeper into their pockets.

Data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) shows that power generation hit a record 1.134 billion units last month beating the previous record of 1.121 billion units set last year.